Description
Poetry. LGBTQIA Studies. Lonely Christopher dramatically ended a romantic relationship in Père Lachaise Cemetery on Christmas Day. This intense and trenchant verse series, written about the crisis from one January to the next, uses poetry as durational art. This unique break-up book focuses the grief of lost love to develop complex emotional themes in a refreshing rococo style. A generous, achingly gorgeous meditation on loss and loneliness, IN A JANUARY WOULD invites readers to feel everything a person feels as his heart's capacity is deepened by grief.
Author Bio
Lonely Christopher is the author of the poetry collections THE RESIGNATION (Roof Books, 2018), IN A JANUARY WORLD (Roof Books, 2020), and DEATH & DISASTER SERIES (Roof Books, 2021). He also wrote the short story collection The Mechanics of Homosexual Intercourse and the novel THERE. He is the founding artistic director of Inter Poets Theater and his plays have been presented in Canada, China, and the United States. His film credits include several international shorts and the feature MOM, which he wrote and directed. He lives in Brooklyn with his spouse, the poet Venn Daniel.
Author City: NEW YORK, NY USA